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Relix Daily
January 17, 2026
January 17, 2026
OBITUARY
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead pioneer, the group’s rhythm guitarist, and an inimitable songwriter known for his gaucho kinship with the late John Perry Barlow—a partnership that galvanized “Mexicali Blues,” “Estimated Prophet,” “Cassidy,” “Hell in a Bucket,” “Throwing Stones,” and multitudes more—passed away on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
NEWS
Bill Kreutzmann: Jerry Garcia had already been playing music with Bob Weir in a jug band when he called me up to form a rock band with them. That’s how I first met Bob. We called ourselves the Warlocks, playing our first real shows at a pizza parlor in Menlo Park and, long story short (but with a few steps in between)… we became the Grateful Dead.
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NEWS
On Sunday evening, January 11, Mickey Hart responded to the passing of his longtime friend and bandmate of nearly 60 years, Bobby Weir.
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Mountain Grass Unit – Best of Summer 2025 (Live) captures Mountain Grass Unit at full throttle, with a road-tested collection pulled from standout nights across the 2025 run. Spanning stops in North Carolina, California, Texas, Arkansas, Montana, Tennessee, and Oregon, it’s a crisp snapshot of what makes the band’s live show hit so hard: tight harmonies, runaway instrumentals, and the kind of momentum that turns a song into a sprint.
NEWS
This Saturday, January 17, a free public gathering to honor the Grateful Dead’s inaugural participant, lyricist and white-bearded cowboy, Bobby Weir, will take place. Beginning at 12:45 p.m. PT, the event will be held at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco and honor the late musician’s music, spirit and compassion.
GALLERY
On Wednesday, January 14, A Gathering to Celebrate the Life & Music of Bob Weir took place at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, N.Y., bringing together a roster of regional talent that included Mikaela Davis, Sam Cohen, Aaron Lieberman, Chris Maxwell, John Lee Shannon, Josh Kaufman, the Deadbeats, Deadgrass, and more to perform tributes that honored of the late jam commander.
NEWS
Last night, Brooklyn-based Grateful Dead cover collective Bushwick’s Dead took the stage at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl for a free celebration of the life and music of Bob Weir. As friends and fans from across the musical spectrum continue to pay their respects to the legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter and Grateful Dead co-founder, Tuesday’s memorial event became a summit of the city’s foremost talents, who stopped in through the sprawling show to bolster 21 treatments of Dead classics.
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Paul McCartney has offered a written tribute to the late Bobby Weir. In a post shared on his social media channels, McCartney recounted the Grateful Dead guitarist’s multigenerational prestige and wrote about their last interaction at Las Vegas’ Sphere. Notably, McCartney directed and produced the under-10-minute documentary A Photofilm, released in 1995, which examined the band’s legacy through Linda McCartney’s lens.
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